Although
short, this video clearly shows two types of bias. The first one being temporal
bias and the second being bad news bias. Although it is an interesting story is
has no real impact on anyone besides those involved. The only purpose it served
was to showcase a new story that had arisen rather than something everyone
should know. Since it is a new story and
had some entertainment value (not saying it is funny, merely that it held my
interest), it made it into the news. I find that the implications of news
always having to be about whatever happens to be the most interesting and new
story leads to news being more and more about finding the newest and best thing
to cover rather than informing the people about topics that actually matter. It
isn’t that getting hit by a car doesn’t matter, just that the nation as a whole
will not be affected by this one incident.
This story also depicts bad news
bias. A man got hit by a car and the driver drove away. It is most certainly
not a good thing for this to occur and is thus bad news. Unfortunately good
news doesn’t tell a good story. If you heard about someone who was doing great
in school and didn’t have any family issues, you wouldn’t be very interested in
hearing the story. On the other hand, if you hear about a girl who is suicidal
because she is failing all her classes and her parents are getting divorced,
you would be more interested in the story. This is because the story appeals to
pity and you feel bad for said person and you want to help them. Those are the
stories that sell and get high rating, so that is what is put on the air. Since
so much bad news is published it makes the viewers think the world is a much
darker place than it really is, but that is just how the system works.
-Codie Rome 335
I agree with the "bad news" biased idea because truthfully the world is a sad sad place and doesn't really enjoy much good news because it's not intertaining enough. I find this to be true, yet sad of the society we live in today. So that choice on picking "bad news" off of Cline's list, I absolutely agree with. Yet society also seems to be an oxy moron and have a heart becuase we feel bad for the victim, but without him being the victim in the first place, we are uninterested in the news. needless to say, a double edged sword.
ReplyDeleteI would also say this could be a Narrative biased becuase the reporter had to tell the situation like a story, as if he or she was there in order to reach out to the viewer and make them feel badly. some people would say, well the victim should have been wearing a bright vest or flasher, while others might say the driver should go to prison. Regardless there is always mutliple views to the situation and it's the reporters job to tell the story in a way that the majority of people would feel the same way. In this case, the majoirty of people would feel sorry for the victim and expect punishment for the driver.